Thomas Provis Wickham (born 1810 in Weymouth, Dorset; died on 1 March 1890 in Machynlleth), probably best known as an English cricketer.
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| Full name | Thomas Provis Wickham | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1851 | Marylebone Cricket Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1850 | Hampshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Personal life edit
Wickham was the son of the reverend William Wickham and Margaret Provis,[1] and brother of the reverend William Provis Trelawney Wickham (Rector of Shepton Mallet, the building of the Wickham Almshouses by his widow, was made possible by a bequest from his will).[2][3] He had two sisters, Annabella (who married James Bennett, Sheriff of Somerset) and Caroline.[4]
According to Bernard Burke[5] the Wickhams (of Horsington) were an ancient Somerset family, belonging to the landed gentry.
In 1835 he married Sarah Hussey.
Little is known about him other than that he was a "gentleman". It is suggested that he spent some time in a debtors' prison.[6]
Cricket edit
Wickham made his first-class debut and his only appearance for Hampshire against an All-England Eleven in 1850. In 1851, Wickham made his last first class appearance for the Marylebone Cricket Club against Cambridge University.
References edit
- ^ A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland, Enjoying Territorial Possessions Or High Official Rank: But Uninvested with Heritable Honours; Burke, John; Volume 4; 1838; p597
- ^ Alumni of Oxford University 1715-1886; vol 4; p1549
- ^ The Wickham Almshouses on the Shepton Mallet United Charities website
- ^ The Gentleman's Magazine, Volumes 173-174; May 1843; p545
- ^ A genealogical and heraldic history of the landed gentry of Great Britain & Ireland; Burke, Bernard; Volume 2; p 354
- ^ Court for the relieve of insolvent debtors, Saturday 6 June 1857 in the online version of The London Gazette; 9 June 1857; p 2047
External links edit
- Thomas Wickham at Cricinfo
- Thomas Wickham at CricketArchive